A woman was allegedly gang-raped by four men posing as cops in Kerala’s Thrissur after she checked into a lodge with her boyfriend, a married male, police reported on Thursday. Five people, including the woman’s wife, have been arrested in connection with the alleged abduction and gang-rape, which unfolded on September 22, 2026, as per a report by news agency PTI.
The man, a resident of Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur, and the woman from Nilambur in Kerala, had checked into a lodge near the KSRTC bus stand. As learnt by police, the man’s wife allegedly tracked his location through his cell phone and passed on the information to the accused.
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Gang barges into lodge room
Police said the accused allegedly barged into the room and posed as policemen. Thereafter, they tied the hands and legs of the man and woman, and forcibly took them away in a car after stuffing cloth into their mouths to muffle their screams.
The five-member gang, according to police, assaulted the man, leaving him with broken arms and legs. He was then abandoned outside a hospital near Tiruppur. Two of the accused, identified as Thomas and Raghupathi, allegedly took the woman to another car, where they sexually assaulted her, police said.
The woman reached her native place after the sexual assault, where she received treatment and narrated her ordeal to police.
Man’s wife, remaining accused arrested
According to police, they suspect the attack was carried out on a quotation allegedly given by the man’s wife. She has been identified as Devi and was arrested along with other accused named Thomas, Paulraj, Shankar and Raghupathi. On the basis of the survivor’s statement, Nilambur Police initially began the probe and later handed over the case to Thrissur Police.
During the probe led by the Assistant Commissioner of Police of Thrissur, Thomas was arrested near Nedumbassery Airport. He was interrogated, and acting upon his disclosure, three other accused were apprehended from Tiruppur, Coimbatore and Palani respectively, the police added.
All the arrested accused have been remanded in judicial custody, while police said that another accused, suspected to be a juvenile, is yet to be detained.